Ramana is an Indian

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and producer who has appeared in

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and

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films in leading and supporting roles. He is the son of Tamil actor

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who is known for the role of

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's younger brother in '' Padikkadavan''. He is the wicket keeper for the team Chennai Rhinos in

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. He is credited as Srinath in Telugu films.

Career

Ramana was initially meant to make his acting debut through the film ''Kurunji'' by debutant Pari, which he shot for alongside actress

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. However, the film eventually did not complete production. Ramana made his debut in the films with the Tamil film ''

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'' released in the year 2002; though he is active in the industry since 1999. Ramana’s first Telugu film was ''Utsaham'' released in the year 2003. Followed by the romantic comedy film '' Fools'' directed by

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. Later, he collaborates in the movies '' Sankharavam'' with

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followed by ''

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'' (2004) starring

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.He is also in the cast with the together both

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in the movie '' Jore'' (2004). Ramana (who played the villain in (''Jore'') along with

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(she debuted in ''

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'') play the lead in ''

Meesai Madhavan ''Meesai Madhavan'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by S. Ramu. The film stars debutant Ramana, Kutty Radhika of ''Iyarkai'' fame, Ilavarasu and S. V. Thangaraj. The film is produced by S. V. Thangaraj of Uvasree ...

'' (2004), remake of successful Malayalam film ''

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''. In 2005, he acted in the main roles as ''

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'', '' Rightaa Thappaa'' and '' Andha Naal Nyabagam''. Ramana debuting into Mollywood in the comedy movie ''

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'' appearing with

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. He is a young hero with lots of potential. Unfortunately both his films have bombed at the box office.SSS Good luck films produces ''

Ezhuthiyatharadi ''Ezhuthiyatharadi'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Sri Sathyaragaventher. The film stars Ramana, Mansi Pritam, Swathi and newcomer Akhila, with Ponnambalam, Crane Manohar, A. K. Veerasamy, Peeli Sivam, S. Sri ...

'' (2008) with Ramana the hero playing a lead role. The action movie ''

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'' (2008) was inspired from the English thriller ''

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'' based on which a Hindi movie ''

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'' had released about this time last year. Later, Ramana impresses with his cold villainy in '' Thunichal'' (2010) starring

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. He appeared in the lead role in the latest release of 2011 ''

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'' which is considered to be impressive. His next films was Karu Palaniappan’s '' Jannal Oram'' (2013) and

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’s ''

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'' (2014).He starred in the supporting cast in the

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’s ''

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'' (2019). Ramana and

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, close friends of the actors, have started a film company called Rana Productions, which produced the hit show ''

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'' starring Vishal on Sun TV. Then, he acted in the bilingual horror film ''

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'' (2020) who was shot in Kannada and Tamil released on

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. He produced his first movie and performs as a negative role in the action thriller ''

Laththi ''Laththi'' (), also known as ''Laththi Charge'' ( Lathi/Baton Charge), is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by A. Vinoth Kumar in his directorial debut and produced by Ramana and Nandha Durairaj of Rana Pro ...

'' (2022) starring Vishal.https://www.indiaglitz.com/laththi-review-hindi-movie-27447

Filmography

As actor

Producer

Rana Event

Rana Productions

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramana (Actor) Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people Male actors in Telugu cinema 1979 births